Jonquel Jones

yeah.

As soon as that happened, and then immediately in the aftermath of the series as a whole, you get the press conference with Brianna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, and Jonquil Jones, and there is various level of confidence put into what Crystal Marcos' future would be, but none of them really sounded confident at all, to the point where, I mean, Stewie just seemed like, against it frankly I mean like just like that the standard wasn't being you know upheld at the right place for what she desires as Stewie because Stewie is a championship window in her own right no matter who else is on the roster if you have Stewie you are in a championship window and to bring someone in with no WNBA experience at all, has been a trend that we have seen, specifically with white men.

And what this looked like.

And this was the exact worst possible outcome.

And it cannot be that anymore.

This has to be a Stewie hire through and through.

Hell, a Jonquil Jones hire.

higher through and through to find that level of consistency that hasn't fully been able to be there throughout the entirety of her tenure in New York.

18.

18 combined all-stars between Jonquil Jones, Sabrina Ionescu, and Breanna Stewart.

When you have that level of talent, which is undeniable, you can't have average results.

And what we're seeing coming off of a historic CBA is that the stakes are high for everyone in their positions.

And then for the game to have gone the way that it did and for Sabrina, you know, to have kind of like caught fire the way that she did.

disappointing especially for Sabrina to go and kind of evaporate and disappear in that second round I was in disbelief I was absolutely in disbelief but actually valid because the Liberty you can't go in the Liberty's house after they beat you and you can't you can't lose to the links you can't do that so like I if anything I really respected also the liberty and y'all know I hate the liberty so for me to come on here and say that for real and mean it like I low-key I was kind of like I was really mad in the moment actually I was cussing people out in the moment but I can take a step back now and I can reflect and respect what Sabrina was able to do what the Liberty were able to do but there were like a couple moments when it was like Jonquil Jones is hitting wide open shots right now that's what we're talking about right now and and y'all are allowing it I was just absolutely in disbelief but again I think it's just one of the things it just wasn't in the cards for them um for the Mystics I saw their first game versus the Dream I was there in person somebody gave me a ticket and I was really close I'm not gonna hold you I was really close and the atmosphere of State Farm Arena was so great and I was like the Dream are gonna do something because they played really well in that game versus the Mystics but you know i think the mystics have something really great but again they do have some conversations that need to be had because you know you have a lauren betts and you have a kiki iria finn but you also have shakira austin who who won most improved did she win that yeah she did she won most improved this year i'm pretty sure no she didn't jessica shepherd did did shakira austin win an award No, the thing is, she should have won an award, I think.

I don't remember.

I don't really remember the awards.

And again, it's remarkable because she was a part of multiple Aces teams that won the title, and she played more of a role player role than her responsibilities waned.

But you're now seeing someone who like literally she might go down with like Asia Wilson, Chelsea Gray, like John Paul Jones, like these all-time great players as a finals MVP if they can close this out.

I don't think it's a sure thing.

I think Abby Williams is the case.

It had been pretty smooth sailing across the board.

You had the matchup with Jonquil Jones in the Liberty matchup, but that wasn't like adversity.

That was more just like taking the challenge head on.

This is the realest adversity that like as a star player, you were going to get.

You know, Aaliyah Boston is a max player in my mind.

But you look at, like, let's say the New York Liberty situation and the contracts that Brianna Stewart and Jonquil Jones and Sabrina Ionescu did to help team build.

That's a factor.

And I don't think you make a...